Alysa Liu wins gold for U.S. in women's figure skating at Winter Olympics

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Alysa Liu won a golden medal successful women's idiosyncratic fig skating connected Thursday, making her the archetypal U.S. pistillate to instrumentality the Olympic podium successful the lawsuit since 2006.

The past American pistillate to gain a medal successful idiosyncratic fig skating was Sasha Cohen, who took location the metallic successful 2006. Sarah Hughes was the past American pistillate to instrumentality location a golden medal, successful 2002. Michelle Kwan besides won a bronze medal astatine those Olympics. The United States took golden successful the squad skating lawsuit earlier successful the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games.

Liu, 20, started the escaped skate contention successful 3rd place, down Japan's Nakai Ami and Sakamoto Kaori, pursuing the abbreviated programme connected Tuesday. Isabeau Levito, 18, was successful eighth place, portion Amber Glenn, 26, was successful 13th spot aft an mistake successful her abbreviated program.

Glenn was the archetypal U.S. skater to instrumentality the crystal for her escaped skate. After failing to implicit a triple loop connected Tuesday, her people going into the escaped skate was 67.39. During Thursday's skate, she nailed a triple axel, though she had to drawback herself with her manus aft astir falling during her last loop. She scored 147.52, for a full people of 214.91.

Photos captured Glenn embracing her manager aft her skate. Glenn looked visibly thrilled, smiling and jumping for joy. Despite entering the escaped skate successful 13th place, she was astatine the apical of the leaderboard for overmuch of the event, yet being unseated by Japanese skater Mone Chiba.

Liu praised Glenn's pop-scored comeback successful a little interrogation with an NBC Olympics correspondent.

"She did truthful good. I watched it connected the autobus connected the mode here, and aw, she killed it, and I'm truly blessed for her," Liu said.

Levito, 18, was the adjacent U.S. pistillate to skate. She took the crystal with a people of 70.84 from her abbreviated program. She fell connected the landing of her opening triple flip, losing 9 points, but recovered to skate done the remainder of her routine.

Levito looked disappointed aft leaving the ice, adjacent arsenic Glenn cheered for her. She besides appeared affectional arsenic her people of 131.96 was work out. Levito racked up a full people of 202.80.

Liu was the last U.S. rival and the third-to-last skater overall. She looked astatine easiness during her warmup, waving to spectators arsenic she rehearsed. She entered the rink with a people of 76.59 aft her carefree abbreviated program. Liu looked casual and energetic during her escaped skate, sailing done a triple lutz and triple salchow. She had a wide grin connected her look passim the event, and the assemblage roared each clip she landed a jump.

Liu looked peculiarly astatine easiness during her choreographic measurement sequences, and ended the regular triumphantly arsenic her household roseate for a lasting ovation.

Liu's people was 150.20, for a full people of 226.79.

"That's what the f*** I'm talking about!" she shouted to the camera aft finishing her skate. She bounced disconnected the crystal to hug her coaches and could beryllium heard saying, "That was truthful great!" arsenic they handed her her skate guards. Glenn and Liu were besides seen hugging.

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